Colour

#FFE222

#FFE222
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Gold

#FFE222 is a yellow with RGB values 255, 226, 34 and HSL 52°, 100%, 57%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 16.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Gold.

Colour values

#FFE222#FFE222

HEX#FFE222

RGBrgb(255, 226, 34)

RGB (0–1)1, 0.8863, 0.1333

RGB percentages100%, 88.6%, 13.3%

HSLhsl(52.1, 100%, 56.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(52.1, 86.7%, 100%)

CMYK0%, 11.4%, 86.7%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,769,570

CSS custom property--colour: #FFE222;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.75768WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness222.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 16.15:1

Contrast with white1.3:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black16.15:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#DADADA

Inverted#001DDD

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F9DC00no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 3.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#FFE636no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 4.3 from the original

Tritanopia#FFD0C1no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 74.6 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.3:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text16.15:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Gold · ΔE 6.2 Yellow · ΔE 18.8 Goldenrod · ΔE 29.5 Orange · ΔE 34.9 Yellow green · ΔE 38.4 Khaki · ΔE 40.2

Nearest named CSS colourGold (#FFD700)ΔE 6.2, clearly different but related

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#223FFF

Analogous#FF7322, #AEFF22

Triadic#22FFE2, #E222FF

Split complementary#22ADFF, #7422FF

Tetradic#22FF73, #223FFF, #FF22AD

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFFDEE

Lighter +30%#FFF6BB

Lighter +20%#FFEF88

Lighter +10%#FFE955

Darker −10%#EECF00

Darker −20%#BBA200

Darker −30%#887600

Darker −40%#554A00

More saturated +25%#FFE222

Less saturated −25%#E3CE3E

Channel breakdown

R255

G226

B34

Red255 (100%)

Green226 (88.6%)

Blue34 (13.3%)

Hue52.13°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness56.67%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR FF · G E2 · B 22

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